Category Archives: Life in California

Everything looked springlike on this latest outing to the Table Rock overlook in the Robert Louis Stevenson State Park. Clouds brooded darkly and indian paintbrush and shooting stars sparkled gloriously in the early crepuscular twilight. We took a homebrewed Citra India Pale Ale and drank in the quietude of the moment.

The San Francisco Bay from the Grizzly Peak Road in the Berkeley Hills on a clear day takes one’s breath away–even in black and white. The black and white print allowed for more resolution and contrast than the color image did. One of these days I will have to stop at Tilden Park and rideContinue reading “Weekend Postcard: San Francisco Bay from the Berkeley Hills”

I may have posted this one before. It’s a picture from the Table Rock trail in the Robert Louis Stevenson State Park. RSL SP is a nice place to watch the sunrise while drinking a hot coffee, truly one of life’s greatest joys.

Spring is starting to make moves into Lake County. You can tell by the daisies pushing up through the carcasses of rusting cars.

Clear Lake is south of the 40th parallel and about 1325 feet (405 meters) above sea level. So, snow does not visit it very often, perhaps every couple years or so. The wispy cloud above the hill reminded me of smoke rising out of a volcano crater.

This is a panorama of the San Francisco Bay area at sunset. The Bay bridge and Yerba Buena (aka Goat) Island are on the left and the Golden Gate bridge is on the right. Angel island, the Ellis Island of the West, is located in the right side of the photo (behind the chimney).

This weekend’s postcard is from Benicia, California’s third capital (1853-1854). This Super Bowl Sunday is warm and sunny in California. The rest of the country may be seeing snow, ice, and winter. It’s 75F as I post this. Last Sunday poured rain. This Sunday pours sunshine. Ah, California. The picture was taken from the northContinue reading “Weekend Postcard: Carquinez Strait”